The story begins with the arrival of Nat Blake, a shy young orphan with a fibbing habit, at Plumfield, the school run … See more

Little Men combines the genres of the domestic novel and the school story. Popular school stories of Alcott's time generally involved a newcomer in a group of British boys growing in skill, often fighting a bully or c… See more

Alcott was first encouraged by her publisher to write a book for girls while employed as an editor for a Boston children’s magazine and began writing the March trilogy a year later in 1868. After her brother-in-law John Pratt, … See more

Little Men received many positive reviews although some cautioned that it was overly sentimental or idealistic. While Plumfield is meant to be a progressive school, literary scholar William Blackburn mentioned its impracticali… See more